Lots of locals make all-state softball team

That's the case when it comes to the late release of the 2011 all-state girls softball team.

The all-state teams were formed by a panel of statewide coaches and media members and sponsored by the Pennsylvania Softball Coaches Association.

***Note that I nominated members of The Morning Call's all-area first team for consideration, especially co-players of the year Sara Rasley, Cory Ozanne and Joelle Morey, but did not participate in the final selections.

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Keith, thanks for leaving all the lousy weather back here!
Good job on reporting the local stuff from 1,000 miles away.
Can you update the football scrimmage schedule for this weekend. I'm sure dates and times have changed since posting last month?
Thank goodness you get vacation pay (plus) regular salary for this additional coverage.
And have a safe return trip.

Posted By: rico | Aug 16, 2011 1:46:40 PM

How can Alyssa Lombardo be nominated to a 2011 All-Star team when she did not play high school softball this year? I don't get it....

Posted By: Jaded1 | Aug 16, 2011 8:09:14 PM

So Keith I've read two articles and one states that Krista Morrone and Cory Ozanne made first team and another that states that they made second team. Which one is correct?

Posted By: whocares | Aug 17, 2011 5:40:30 PM

whocares...who cares? The list is a joke and has been confirmed as a JOKE naming aplayer (AL) who DID NOT play high school softball this season making first team.Many if not all the people who "voted" never saw 5% of these players. JOKE JOKE JOKE JOKE JOKE JOKE JOKE JOKE

Posted By: the observer | Aug 17, 2011 9:33:55 PM

To answer the Whocares question: There was a ton of messages sent out on these selections and this was the last one I received for the 3A team. I believe Ozanne is a first-team selection as was Morrone. What is in parentheses is what they were last year.
Again I only nominated people who made The Morning Call's all-area team. I did not nominate players who didn't play this season such as Alyssa Lombardo or who played very little such as Krista Morrone. I am not sure who nominated them or how they were nominated.

No where do the PSCA say that this is a "high school" team list. On the contrary, it is a PA all-state softball list. There was more than one player listed that played softball on a team other than their local high school team, or was hurt for part/much of the season, or played a different position yet was still chosen for the team. So stop blaming everyone else for why you, or your daughter, or friend didn't make the team and just face reality that there are better players out there than you. The state's top softball athletes where chosen!

Posted By: Jack :-) | Aug 24, 2011 10:05:55 PM

Spew out all the trash you want about certain players who made the list! The fact of the matter is that a week from now, or a month, or a few years, kids like Marrone, Lombardo, etc will still be first team PA softball all staters and some of you others will still be 2nd or 3rd best. Let us know any others or when you go to a top Div I softball program. I have watched many many years of softball in the LV area and Lombardo is the best softball player to come out of this area and that is proven by whom she had been recruited by and where she ended up going to school....period!